Cleveland Brown

Cleveland Brown
Family Guy / The Cleveland Show character
First appearance
Last appearance
  • The Cleveland Show:
  • "Wheel! Of! Family!" (2013)
Created byMike Henry
Seth MacFarlane
Designed bySeth MacFarlane
Voiced byMike Henry (1999–2021)
Arif Zahir (2021–present)
In-universe information
Full nameCleveland Orenthal Brown Sr.
GenderMale
OccupationDeli owner (formerly)
Musician (formerly)
Toronto Blue Jays Baseball player (formerly)
Cable television installer (formerly)
Therapist (formerly)
Postal worker (currently)
FamilyLeVar "Freight Train" Brown (father)
Evelyn "Cookie" Brown (mother)
Broderick Brown (brother)
SpousesDonna Tubbs-Brown
Loretta Brown (ex-wife/deceased)
ChildrenCleveland Brown Jr. (son)
Roberta Tubbs (step-daughter)
Rallo Tubbs (step-son)
HomeQuahog, Rhode Island
NationalityAfrican-American
Age42

Cleveland Orenthal Brown Sr. is a fictional character from the animated television series Family Guy, and its spin-off series The Cleveland Show.[1][2] He is a neighbor and friend of the Griffin family and is best known for his mild-mannered deadpan delivery. His established profession was that of a deli owner, before he switched over to being a postal worker after his return to Family Guy.

In the earlier seasons of Family Guy, Cleveland frequently appeared alongside his wife Loretta Brown (voiced by Alex Borstein), until their divorce was portrayed in the Family Guy season 4 episode "The Cleveland–Loretta Quagmire". The pilot episode of The Cleveland Show depicts Cleveland's farewell to the familiar characters and settings of Family Guy. The Cleveland Show establishes its setting of Stoolbend, Virginia as Cleveland's childhood home town, and introduces a new family and set of characters supporting Cleveland as lead. Following The Cleveland Show's cancellation in 2013, Cleveland returned to Family Guy the following year.

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